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SALEM in History
Partners
Salem
Public Schools
Salem Public
Schools is a small urban district that serves a culturally and economically
diverse student population of approximately 5100 students PK-12.
School facilities include an Early Childhood Center, six K-5 elementary
schools, one K-8 school, one 6-8 middle school and one 9-12 high
school. According to the October 1, 2003 student census report 64%
are white, 36% are minority. The Salem Public Schools have recently
revised their History and Social Science curriculum based on the
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, which concentrates on United
States history. Although topics comprising American history content
are the basis for curriculum in grades 3,5,8 and 10, themes of American
history are presented at all grade levels. Salem's rich historical
background and presence in early American history make it a prime
location for developing an in depth study of all of Salem's public
and private resources in order to enrich our curriculum and further
the background knowledge for teachers as well as students.
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Salem
State College
Salem State
College is a comprehensive, publicly supported institution of higher
learning located 21 miles north of Boston. The
SSC History Department includes eleven faculty members with
expertise in American history. The SSC history faculty members routinely
publish important books and articles, present at regional, national,
and international conferences, and win prestigious fellowships,
including recent ones from the National Endowment of the Humanities
and the American Philosophical Society. The faculty's expertise
includes the full range of American history, with special areas
of emphasis in early American, constitutional, immigration, gender,
and cultural history. Many faculty members have recently published
works about Salem's history and/or the history of the region, making
use of local sources and archives. Through its Secondary Education
minor program, the Department has experience working with secondary
school teachers and providing them with outstanding resources for
the classroom.
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Peabody
Essex Museum
Located in downtown
Salem, the Peabody Essex Museum is America's oldest continually
operating museum. It is one of the largest museums in New England,
with renowned collections of maritime art and history; American
decorative art; Native American art; important collections from
Asia and the Pacific Islands; a major research library; and the
world's most comprehensive and finest collection of Asian art produced
for the West. The museum's architecture collection includes 18 historic
structures, of which 4 are National Historic Landmarks and 5 are
on the National Register of Historic Places. The
Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum is one of New England's
largest and most heavily used research libraries. Its collections
include the world's best collection of works by Nathaniel Hawthorne,
important early American imprints, one of New England's largest
collections of ships' logs and journals, and original documents
from the 1692 Salem witch trials. It houses 400,000 volumes and
over 5,000 linear feet of manuscripts.
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National
Park Service/SAMA
Salem Maritime
National Historic Site, established in 1938, composed of public
buildings, private homes, and wharves, forms the best preserved
and most complete example of the maritime infrastructure that evolved
to serve the extensive world trade network that was critical to
the development of the United States. The main interpretive themes
of the park include the use of maritime trade to establish economic
independence, the role of privateering in winning the Revolutionary
War, and the role of Salem's maritime community in fostering a vibrant,
cosmopolitan culture.
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